Doane 3D - April 17, 2024

April 17, 2024

Weekly Highlights

Burlington City's Mayor Mentors Genius Hour Stiudents

Fifth graders Geli and Nina began their Genius Hour* project with interest in why companies throw away new and unused things. After meeting with their mentor and outside expert, Burlington City Mayor Barry Conaway, they changed their focus.

Last week they gave a very powerful presentation about veterans' grave markers, bronze name plaques, and bronze metal vases being stolen. They then turned to their audience and asked for ways to help solve this problem. Students from all grade levels offered a number of helpful ideas. Mayor Conaway joined in this meeting to support his mentees and gave a short speech to the assembled school community.

*Genius Hour at Doane allows students to explore their own passions and encourages autonomous creativity in the classroom.

Harry Potter Night

Doane Academy was once again transformed into the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Over 150 “first year students’’ and guests were given an introduction to Hogwarts by Hagrid, before heading off on their journey to and around the school. This journey included stops at platform 9¾, Olivander’s Wand Shop, and Potions class. All were then officially welcomed to the school by Professor McGonagal before heading into the Great Hall for the evening’s feast. The assembled there met Professor Dumbledore and many of the other colorful characters of the wizarding world. All enjoyed a delicious dinner and finished the evening with some truly magical desserts.

A full gallery of photos may be viewed here

Happening Now

TONIGHT - Parents Association Meeting

The Parents Association will meet on Wednesday, April 17th at 6:30pm in the Greene Room. The meeting will focus on interdisciplinary PreK - 12 learning opportunities in Science-Technology-Engineering-Art-Mathematics (STEAM) at Doane. Lower School STEAM teacher Susie Kissinger, and Middle and Upper School Science teachers Mike MacEwan, Andrew Wenzel, and Rob Lynch will present on the curricular and extracurricular STEAM endeavors they lead. AND special guests Isla Hess and Lucas Probasco, 5th grade students in Mrs. Kissinger's STEAM class, will be presenting their Genius Hour passion project!

THIS FRIDAY - Barnes & Noble Bookfair

Click here for a printable voucher

Prom Ticket Information

The Prom Committee is excited to announce that this year’s prom, open exclusively to Upper School students, will take place at the Westin in Mt. Laurel, NJ!

Tickets are on sale during lunch period. Members of the Prom Committee will be stationed in the dining hall during lunch for the first 15 minutes every day, and for all of lunch on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Please make payments by cash or check made out to Doane Academy (unfortunately, we can’t accept payments via credit card). Tickets before April 19 are $65, and after April 19 are $75. Additionally, if you buy an "early-bird" ticket before 4/19, you will have the chance to vote on menu items, first choice of song selections, and one or two other fun things!

Founder's Day Weekend

Join us for Doane Academy’s 2024 Founder’s Day Weekend! We hope you will join us on May 10th & 11th, for festivities to commemorate the founding of our school!

We will start the weekend on Friday evening, May 10th, with an Alumni Cocktail Reception. On Saturday, May 11th, we will have Breakfast and our traditional Chapel Service, followed by the dedication of our new Band Room and our Annual Society of Graduates Meeting. Stay for an afternoon of fun at our Alumni Softball Game and Picnic. We can’t wait to see you there!

For more information about the weekend and to register for all the free events CLICK HERE

KPCLBirthdayBooks

Donate a book in honor of your child's birthday to the Katherine Potts Children's Library. Choose a book from the Amazon Wish List, or another new title of your choosing, and send it to Mrs. Anderson, Doane Academy, 350 Riverbank, Burlington NJ 08016. Please send this along with a gift receipt (or send her an email so that she knows to look for it).

Your child's picture will be put on the Birthday Book site KPCLBirthdayBooks, and they may choose to be the first to check the newly donated book(s) out.

Run Onward

Run Onward, a Lower School Club is in its 6th season. Led by Ms. Hewitt and Ms. Megahan, the group meets once a week to work on their stamina, distance and speed. They conclude each season by running in a 5k race. Several of our runners have placed in the top 3 at prior races. This spring, they will be running in the Sesame Classic which is being held Sunday, May 19th at 8am at Sesame Place, in Langhorne, PA. The entire Doane Community is invited to join this young group of runners.

Click here for the registration link. You may also reach out to Ms. Hewitt or Ms. Megahan for more information!

Save the Date!

Box Tops For Education

Help to earn money for Doane programs! Download the Box Tops app by scanning the QR code and following the directions to sign up and add Doane as your school. If you have any questions please feel free to email Doreen Caniglia at dcaniglia@doaneacademy.org

Share Your Doane Story - School Review Websites

It can be so much fun to share positive energy, and the energy that is flowing around Doane Academy right now is pretty exciting. One easy way to share this is by writing a brief review of Doane Academy on Niche or Great! Schools or in Google Reviews. Please consider taking a couple of minutes to let others learn about all that is distinctly Doane.